Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act

We need accessibility rules that are based on principles

adminJanuary 9, 2025012 mins

[ad_1] The Supreme Court, in Rajive Raturi v. Union of India (2024), held Rule 15 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Rules, 2017, violative of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The Court reasoned that the Rule was drafted in a discretionary tone whereas the corresponding provisions (Sections 40, 44, 45,…

Investing in persons with disabilities

adminAugust 25, 202409 mins

[ad_1] The 2023 report by Nifty 50 constituent companies reveals that only five out of the 50 companies have more than 1% of PwDs on their rolls, with four of them being public sector companies. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A recent Hindi movie, Srikanth, starring Rajkummar Rao, narrates the story of the industrialist Srikanth…